Warbird Workshop

Name: Warbird Workshop
Released: 2020-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Martin Shaw

TV Show · Documentary · History

Strap in, fire up the engines and prepare for take off on a wild ride in some of history's most awesome warplanes... Inside the Warbird Workshop, engineers fight to put historic military aircraft back in the air. This series spans the aviation world from Canada to Germany, the UK to France.

2020 · 43m

Starring Martin Shaw

EPISODE 1

Spitfire

On the legendary Battle of Britain airfield at Biggin Hill, a dedicated team of young engineers fight to restore a Spitfire that fought over Europe in 1944 to flight.
EPISODE 2

Douglas C47

A US Army Air Force C47 that dropped paratroopers on D Day is at the centre of one of the UK's most ambitious warbird rebuilds...but will it be ready to carry the engineering team and its pilot owner to the 75th anniversary celebrations?
EPISODE 3

Westland Wessex

A team of engineers fight to return a veteran Westland Wessex helicopter to the skies - 30 years after its last flight - in time for a star appearance at one of the UK's biggest air shows.
EPISODE 4

Aeronca Defender

Aircraft restoration expert Mark Masters and his son James rebuild a 1943 US Army Aeronca Defender liaison plane for its German owner. What starts out as a simple repair turns into a major rebuild as work exposes the toll time has taken on its wooden wins.
EPISODE 5

Piper Cub

A group of amateur pilots find their light plane has a glorious war record - and launch an ambitious project to rebuild the Piper Cub and restore its military markings in time for an epic flight to France to take part in the 75th anniversary of D Day.
EPISODE 6

L39 Albatros

Following businessman and racing driver Steve Hartley's quest for speed on board his own warplane. His L39 Cold War era jet was rescued from a hangar in the Baltic States but a team of ex-RAF and Navy engineers must now work out how it works...